Lausanne: The Tokyo Olympics will follow the same competition schedule that was decided initially for its original schedule before it was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Furthermore, organisers said on Thursday at the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) first ever virtual session that all 42 venues that were originally earmarked for the 2020 Olympics have been secured.
Tokyo 2020 chief executive Toshiro Muto also said a three-party council -- involving the organising committee, the Japanese government and the Tokyo metropolitan government -- would be established to look at coronavirus countermeasures at the Games.
The first event of the Tokyo Olympics would thus be softball, two days before the opening ceremony on July 23. Preliminary football matches will start on the same day, with rowing preliminary events and archery ranking rounds to be held on July 23 itself.